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This goes out to you, who want to hear music and adult talk...

From here on, until it becomes tomorrow,

I'll be your partner.

The sun is finally going down.

My night is coming.

A bright and dark night is coming.

My name is Chieko...

Buzz, you're extremely early today.

If you had just told me, I would have prepared a better meal...

Right...

Oh, it looks like there was a call from the Chief.

I'm sorry to call you when you're tired, but come back to Branch.

There's a package addressed to you.

See you soon, I'll be waiting.

Are you going out again?

The long, long night is starting.

I wonder what kind of night it will be?

There is a boomer going berserk on the Number Four Capital Coastal Highway.

We request that the A.D. Police Fronters mobilize.

I repeat:

There is a boomer going berserk on the Number Four Capital Coastal Highway.

We request that the A.D. Police Fronters mobilize.

Fronter Group B,

please report your current location.

FB 302,

currently on routine patrol of the Keihin district.

FB 308,

currently en route to take care of a traffic jam in the Keihin district.

Group B, you'll be relieved at 12:00 hours.

Group B will be relieved at 12:00 hours, roger.

After confirming with Group D,

we will be rushing to the FBB station.

"I finally get a day off, and he calls me in.

"I finally get a day off, and he calls me in.

And on top of that, he's not waiting for me."

"You've got to be kidding me..."

Is that how you're feeling, Buzz?

Requesting reinforcements,

Requesting reinforcements,

Where's Takahashi?

It looks like he was called to the "Totem Pole."

recommending that Fire Bees would be the most effective.

Long time no see, Angel.

Uh, requesting the mobilization of Fire Bees.

Uh, requesting the mobilization of Fire Bees.

Saying that greeting first

Uh, requesting the mobilization of Fire Bees.

is called good manners.

What are you infiltrating right now?

FB 302-

-approval from here.

A place where people treat manners with high importance.

What?

I can't make you out. Please repeat.

It would be best for you not to let your guard down.

I can't make you out. Please repeat.

If they treat manners so highly,

This is headquarters.

We cannot give you approval.

then they definitely won't forgive a traitor.

We cannot give you approval.

We must have proper authorization

Thanks for the advice.

We must have proper authorization

because of the neighborhood anti-noise policy.

Doesn't that card have protection on it?

Next time I'll be waiting for your invitation to dinner.

Berserk vehicle spotted!

Beginning pursuit!

There is currently a Fire Bee in pursuit.

What station does it belong to?

I just checked.

It's from Branch.

Why is someone like that out here?!

Fire Bee currently in pursuit,

this area is Fronter C jurisdiction.

Please move to the rear when the group arrives.

Don't you have an excuse for showing up late?

This is none of Branch's business!

You know that, right?

If it opens up there, I'm going to take him out.

Don't let Branch get ahead of you! Hurry!

That's why I said that!

I mean, this is something the idiots at Genom's labs would think of.

I had it figured out ages ago.

I mean,

I had recognized the superconductivity of the centro long before them.

At any rate, I know boomers much better than those guys at Genom.

Myers.

What's with this board's layout?

I wonder if they know they're making me laugh.

Myers!

Hey, Buzz.

It looks like there's some kind of protection on this.

Would you take a look at it for me?

Huh? Sure.

It's easy. Piece of cookie.

How are things recently?

Nothing's changed.

No one wants to talk to me.

Things are quiet. All day, all night...

I see...

Hmm... this is a pretty well guarded piece...

is this from your proverbial dog?

Well, that's fine.

Buzz...

How about worrying about yourself instead of me?

I'm not.

It's been about a year since Yumiko passed on.

It's about time to let it affect you mentally.

Don't hold it in so much.

Right.

There it is.

What is this?

I don't know...

but they look like serial numbers.

An exchange...

Takahashi, I'm saying this frankly,

and even if I weren't the head of management.

I do not like the establishment of Branch,

or any group that moves around behind the scenes of the A.D. Police.

But we have our own positions.

I feel that I am respecting that.

Thank you very much.

But right now, your subordinate,

his name is Buzz Nikvest, right?

I want you to stop him from investigating his pet theory immediately.

He was going after dealers of a drug that drives boomers mad, right?

Is there some kind of transaction going on with Genom?

Don't fuck with me!

Do you think that the A.D. Police would do something like that?!

I'm kidding. Is something the matter?

We've already begun an investigation.

It would be problematic if you made any unwise moves.

I wonder which one of us is making the unwise move.

That's all.

Why did he trust me so much?

Isn't it strange?

Each and every week, a boomer goes berserk.

Tonight's boomer was just taken down by the A.D. Police.

And getting civilians wrapped up in it again.

Every week, on Friday.

This is the third time, isn't it?

If our superiors don't do anything about it,

if they keep changing our shifts,

we won't be able to handle it.

A signal?

Buzz!

Get down!

I'm used to this type.

I'm surprised you knew where to find me.

I got the data from Mr. Myers.

I've wanted to ask you, at least once...

I've already told you why I don't carry a gun.

Because you hate them?

No, that's not it.

What then?

Are you uncomfortable with having a boomer as a partner?

The day will soon be changing.

And it's time to say goodbye to my voice as well.

But the night will continue on.

In the quiet darkness of the night,

you will remember my voice as you go to sleep.

Good night...

Good work.

Your timing was perfect tonight, Caine.

You were wonderful tonight too, Chieko.

But the start of M12 was a little off.

I'm sorry.

It is because your dialogue was six words longer.

Your adjustment range is eight words. Be careful from now on.

Yes, ma'am.

Okay, I'm counting on you next week.

Good night...

Chieko...

You're right!

Your instincts were right, Michaelson.

This is a transmitter.

This is incredible.

It's got a Hugh-Geit chip,

which means the transfer rate is enormous.

Then what was it transmitting?

All of it, everything.

What do you mean, "all of it"?

All of this boomer's perceptions.

Sight, sound, touch,

even sensations that can artificially trigger releases of adrenaline.

Which means there were people who were enjoying the show.

Trace the frequency.

She didn't say... please.

This isn't medicine, is it?

Each grain is a nano-mechanical, miniscule machine.

For affecting a boomer,

this could be expected to have the best effect.

So all we can do is show this to Myers back at the Parlor, huh?

Takahashi is saying that you need to stop this investigation.

He told me to tell you that.

Takahashi is a flexible guy.

The poor man.

Are you imitating the emotion of sympathy?

I wonder.

What are you trying to do?

I'm going to put this into my body and analyze it.

That's foolish!

What if you go crazy?

It's all right.

I have a virus buster.

Before I go crazy, I'll self-destruct.

If you self-destruct in a place like this,

I'M the one who has to clean up afterwards.

Even you make jokes, don't you?

A jet helicopter is currently going berserk.

The pilot is a boomer, factory type.

He is refusing outside commands.

We request that A.D. Police Fronter Group 8's Fire Bee mobilize.

Again?!

Caine. Oh, it's you, don't scare me.

I'm already...

Will you...

marry me?

What are you saying?

You're a boomer, aren't you?

What's wrong?

I'm... human.

I'm not a boomer...

I'm...

human.

Chieko!

I understand now.

This isn't a mechanism to make boomers go crazy.

Then what?

It installs incremental correction files into boomers that have bugs.

I see...

so they're trying to correct defective boomers in complete secrecy.

This was being handled by the makers themselves, Genom.

Even going so far as using dealers...

And traitors are dealt with...

So what that dealer was trying to tell you was this.

These are the serial numbers of defective boomers.

There is a danger of them going berserk.

Let's go.

Bravo tango, bravo tango.

Target confirmed, requesting backup.

Hey!

Don't fire in the city!

We've already exceeded today's A.D. Police insurance budget!

Roger.

Roger.

You still haven't figured out the frequency?

Sorry to keep you waiting, I'll transmit it now.

A high class condominium town...

I'm going to have to access the Genom server in order to figure out

the locations of these boomers based on their serial numbers.

I don't mind, do it.

It's against the law.

And what are we?

Right, Branch is a secret group within the A.D. Police.

Don't be so cold, Chieko...

I think we'd be great together.

Who do you think loves your voice the most here in Tokyo?

It's me, isn't it?

After all, I'm the one who stood by your side,

listening to your voice the most.

Don't come any closer...

You've gone crazy!

That's it, Michaelson!

Unfortunately for you, today's show ends here.

Dear guests, please remain in your seats until the Normal Police arrive.

Thank you.

Michaelson, can you hear me?

What?

There's a request for backup from Kimball.

Kimball?

But he's a boomer...

Buzz is with him.

No!

Stop it, Caine...

Let me go!

Listen to what I'm telling you!

You're a boomer!

Please, Chieko.

Understand my heart.

Your heart?

I think that I can make you happy.

I...

I...

I understand...

I'll marry you, so...

Back away, just like that, Caine! Serial number 623 CD!

Save me!

Hurry up and destroy him!

Caine!

Stop!

Caine!

Why?

Chieko? We're...

Stop it!

That's enough...

All you have to do is take out the power circuit.

I love you... Chieko...

So you still can't get to like guns, can you?

Get that fixed at the Parlor, Kimball.

Thanks.

But what about the other one?

I'll be all right by myself.

I know where it is too.

Buzz!

Looks like I'm late.

Take care of Kimball.

Welcome home, Buzz.

You're home early today.

If you had just told me, I would have prepared a better meal...

Your charge is complete.

Good morning.

I had... a dream...

A dream?

I thought I wasn't supposed to have those...

Well... I wonder.

Eve...

An order has come in.

Get ready.

Hey...

I'll make it cheaper because it's raining, so stop...

Hey, I said...

You'd prefer a boomer?

Or do you have no money?

I see... you're one of THOSE people!

A short job is thirty thousand yen.

Someone from Branch?

Why are they sticking their noses into this?

I'm sorry, Michaelson.

Normally this is something we Normal Police would handle, but...

With this happening like this in a succession...

This kind of boomer isn't sold normally, is it?

These are illegally modified.

Well, thankfully, they don't have souls.

Because they're standing on the street,

prepared to die in this manner.

How many cases does this make?

This is the sixth girl...

I mean, this is the sixth one...

What the?

Welcome.

Would you like to dream?

I've been waiting for you.

Who's that?

Someone that you will never have a connection with your whole life, rookie.

She's a boomer, right? Is that all right?

She's special.

I cannot partake...

I see... it's just that...

it would be disappointing to take you right away.

Could I get the money first?

She doesn't do anything herself.

Even a human prostitute can serve a man.

It looks like Eve is the one who gets served.

Even though she's a boomer?

Maybe BECAUSE she is a boomer?

I don't really understand.

Are you bothered by what happened earlier?

What are you speaking of?

What do you mean, "what"?

Earlier, when we were putting the pressure on that pimp!

I don't know anything!

Come on! I'm a victim here too!

My valuable business tools have been destroyed!

Tools, you say?

Er... well, no... you're a boomer too?

If you happen to overhear something, contact us. All right?

Yes... yes!

Did that hurt you, Kimball?

Boomers were made to serve people.

I'm asking if it hurt you!

I'm asking if it hurt you!

Boomers do not have emotions, Buzz.

Well, thank goodness for that.

Heya!

How's it going?

So, I hear that you guys are going after the Hooker Boomer Crusher too?

Old man Takahashi won't tell me anything.

Hmm?

Branch doesn't have any sideways communication.

If you're going to say that,

then there aren't any from up top, either!

What's that, a joke?

I can't believe you're telling a joke, Buzz.

I'm sorry.

Want to come along?

We found a shop that does illegal modification!

What?

Is it all right for me to go with you?

It'd be kind of difficult to go with this guy.

Oh, wait!

By the way, what's with that cat?

Isn't he cute? I found him.

You won't be able to take him to Branch.

What?

It was like a dream.

I dream too.

I don't think that's strange at all, Eve...

What kind of modifications can you do?

If it's to fulfill a man's fantasies,

then we can do almost anything.

I hear that most of the ones standing on Saint Maria Avenue were modified here.

Well, I wouldn't say it's all of them.

You need a certain knack

to create something to properly satisfy a man.

But they're all basically B-type boomers, right?

The chassis and the main servos remain,

but everything else is original.

Skin that clings, a fine elasticity,

they're better than what the young lady here has.

Genom couldn't make something on the same scale.

Aren't modifications like this illegal?

Yet it's all right to make boomers that kill people?

Don't you think that's inconsistent?

Have you heard of the Hooker Boomer Crusher?

You're police?!

That's dirty! Pretending to be customers.

We just came to ask questions,

but if you'd like for us to investigate...

I understand!

But if you suspect us,

you're barking up the wrong tree.

OUR products are being destroyed too.

Why on earth would people in our business

even go through the trouble of making them, then?

Hey, Buzz.

So you're okay with taking me to a place like that?

I may not look it,

but I AM a girl, you know...

Oh, really?

I had another dream.

You don't have that ability, Eve.

But...

An order has come in, Eve.

Be careful.

I don't want a repeat of what happened last time.

I know.

That time was special...

That yielded nothing!

We've learned something very interesting!

One month ago,

someone suddenly fell ill at the Plaza Hotel.

The patient was taken to a hospital right away,

but he died soon after.

He was staying by himself, right?

Yes.

And there is record of him receiving a visitor.

A hooker boomer!

I'm afraid so.

The problem is that the client who died

was the CEO of Genom.

A Genom executive...

The manufacturer killed by his own product!

Which means there's someone searching for that hooker boomer...

and thus, a formal investigation by the A.D. Police is...

That's why they asked Branch to investigate.

But there isn't any more information than this.

Takahashi! I'll be a decoy!

Oh ho... do you think you can pull it off?

I can do it!

Oh...

What?

Are you going to make fun of me too?

No...

Not a human or a boomer?

You probably didn't think I owned clothes like this, didn't you?

You're different from Angel.

It takes a certain kind of sense to be an undercover investigator.

I'm off to work!

Buzz,

Angel wants to rendezvous with you about something.

Where?

Where she is, of course.

Genom Tower.

I'm sorry to call you out.

Is it all right for me to show my face in a place like this?

No one here knows that you're with the A.D. Police.

You're my boyfriend.

That's how they see you.

Don't you think that's funny?

We broke up so long ago, yet...

There's a danger of it leaking out even via the NAVI, right?

Are you saying the information is that secret?

What if the client for the Hooker Boomer Crusher was Genom?

That would make sense.

They're searching for the one that killed the CEO of EC Genom.

In order to save face...

There's no evidence that can be used to prosecute them.

But anonymous reports from whom I think is the Crusher

are frequently e-mailed to the server here.

It looks like an unusual substance

was detected in the executive who died.

I kind of got a sample of it.

Was it an assassin?

Who knows?

It's your job to find that out.

That's true.

Bye!

Hey!

Aren't you going to kiss me?

Oh, what a fine man.

Hey, mister...

What was that? You moron!

Oh, hey...

Both the humans and the boomers standing over there...

they're women, aren't they?

Hey, kitty...

I wonder if Buzz sees me as a woman.

She's a boomer, but...

Someone like that...

She was manufactured somewhere, right?

What's so good about her?

She's beautiful...

Those are cute clothes. I like them.

Huh?

But those clothes won't get you into the Plaza Hotel.

Men aren't the enemy.

If you don't have a more gentle heart,

no one will call on you.

I'm grateful for the advice, but...

Your face says that you think of men as the enemy.

Our job is to let them dream...

She's a boomer?

And she's more womanly than me?

Do you want to dream?

I've been waiting. Come in.

Aha!

This is anandamide.

Is it a narcotic?

You can call it that, but it's not illegal.

After all, it does put the brain into an incredible pleasure state,

but it's already produced by human hormones.

How do you control something like that?

You can't!

So it's a pleasure substance.

What's necessary to make this in a lab?

A fatty acid called arachidonic acid.

Can you see if there's anyone in the area

who's bought a large amount of that within the past few months?

Michaelson was looking pretty fine, wasn't she?

Oh, there it is!

Puppet Master?

What a stupid name.

Even if it's a false name,

there should still be data for the delivery address.

Do a search for the address for me.

I hate guys like this.

Hey, stop!

This isn't the kind of place you girls can come into!

Then what?

If you're A.D. Police,

you have to come in wearing that awful armored uniform?

Oh, sorry...

A boomer woman came through here just now, right?

Boomer?

Do you mean... Eve?

Eve...

You're wonderful...

Eve...

Oh... Eve...

This is great... Eve...

What is this?!

Is that the true form of letting men dream?

Who is that... little girl?

Who are you talking about?!

Kitty?

The Hooker Boomer Crusher!

Eve!

Whoa!

Why you!

We're running away, Eve!

This way!

I've killed a person again...

We can talk later!

We can talk later!

About block R-3 in the outer wards...

What's wrong?

Michaelson's rescue request beacon

seems to be coming from there.

Why?

This is your room?

Why did you leave me behind... and disappear?

Eve...

You did it again, didn't you?

I was watching... through your eyes.

I can't protect you anymore.

This is where we part ways.

You're a free boomer now.

Tears?

Live however you want to.

Eve...

You said that you have dreams, right?

I believe that those are probably leftover fragments of the memory of the person

who was the copy master for your emotions.

You are the closest thing to a human a boomer has ever been.

But no more than a copy.

You understand, right, Eve?

That you'd be happier not having those dreams.

What do you mean, happy?!

What do you know about how this girl feels?!

I have the memories of someone I don't know.

Run!

Come on, you stupid puppet!

Why you! How dare you fool me?!

We're close, Buzz!

Let's play...

You're free now!

Free?

Right! Free!

Wait...

Eve...

Could this have been the Crusher?

Michaelson...

Eve!

Where are you?! Where are you?!

Eve!

Eve!

Come back with me!

The Crusher won't come after you anymore!

I have to go.

After all, that girl is calling for me...

What are you talking about?

There's no one there!

Are you joking with me? Oh, you...

See, there's a little girl in a red dress right over there.

Stop it!

Come back over here!

I have to go.

After all, the only person in this world who wants me is that girl.

That's not true!

Eve!

Oww... Don't go!

Eve!

Eve!

Are you all right?

Eve...

What happened to the boomer?

Eve was human...

Eve...

Man, it's all torn apart again...

Even if it IS a boomer,

why is there a need to go this far?

This pattern has been happening a lot recently.

Going after boomers,

firing over fifty rounds from a Scorpion...

It's the same as before.

I wonder if... it's the "in" thing...

I tend to be misunderstood,

but I do not feel negatively towards boomers or AIs. That's not the case at all.

That's surprising.

I was certain that you felt very negatively about boomers themselves.

That's a very strong statement.

It's just that I fear this recent trend

in humans going as far as to rely on machines on an emotional level.

After all, please consider this.

Say I fall in love with you.

But you've fallen in love with a boomer.

There's no way I could give up, right?

Oh my. Mr. Sorime,

this just might be the secret to your popularity.

Well, then...

Changing the subject,

in regards to the upcoming presidential election,

with so much backing from society,

it's widely expected that you might possibly make a bid...

From here, what kind of activities...

Why?

You're getting enough money, right? What's to complain about?

It's not a question of money.

I'm saying that I can't go along with how you do things anymore.

Have you gotten cold feet?

I don't care if that's how you take it.

The anti-boomer terrorism caused by your underground people is the talk of the town.

The Normal Police will begin to move too.

It's impossible, even for me, to conceal this any further.

Why is there a need to execute such a huge program at this point in time?

It's not sane.

What you're trying to do

has gone beyond the realm of reform.

What you're trying to do...

is have a revolution!

Takahashi...

What do you think this thing sprawled out on my desk is?

It doesn't matter if I shoot it with a gun, or stab it with a spear,

it feels no sadness, no anguish.

It is simply an electrical appliance.

No matter how weak you may be, all you have to do is program it,

and it will flatter you, cheer you up, comfort you...

It spoils the spiritual difference between the strong and the weak...

It is an unnatural and horrible creation!

Don't you think so?

Takahashi...

Why are people beautiful?

Why can they reign as leaders of the universe?

Because they can feel pain.

Because they have the will to conquer that pain.

That will is what lets us endeavor for our hopes.

And it is the privilege of the strong to control that will as they wish,

and the weak receive a spiritual pleasure for being submissive to them.

This is the food cycle for society.

Tamiya.

Stand up. Purify yourself.

You see, Takahashi...

All I'm trying to do is cut away the excess from our time.

Don't you understand?

You've gone mad.

Gone mad?

That's wonderful!

Those words are the greatest praise!

History may call me a revolutionary and a lunatic.

But I will be recorded in history.

As the standard-bearer of justice that brought back mankind's culture.

As a holy knight that saved it from destruction and darkness.

For that, there is a need to eliminate all of these

ugly humanoid impersonations from this world.

That is the first step!

And I won't let anyone get in the way!

And...

I will become a legend...

Chief Takahashi has vanished?

What do you mean?

You can ask all you want, but...

He disappeared... booooo...

Do you mean he's run off?

It is difficult to consider that line of thought.

Why is that?

Tell me in a brief, clear manner that even I can understand.

First, there's no one at his home.

And nothing has turned up on a lookup of his current whereabouts.

And of course,

there are no traces of his credit card being used.

If there are no traces on his credit card use,

then there's the possibility he's not in a civilized area.

There ARE some dubious rumors about that man, after all.

It looks like that caused the internal investigation division of the central office

to launch an investigation of him...

On top of that, with the all the recent criticism about public welfare,

they couldn't have their internal struggles out in public...

For the time being, the government's telling us to "take care of this yourselves."

This is from two hours ago, though.

To make a long story short,

they're telling us to confirm Chief Takahashi's death.

That's not definite yet, right?

Why do you always think of the worst possible outcome?!

It's not the worst one.

It's the most likely outcome.

It's true...

The chance of his survival is slim.

Wait, even you?

Why are you saying such ominous things?!

But...

Shut up!

Don't determine everything based on probabilities!

You goddamned boomer!

Oh... there it is.

The discriminatory slur.

Can you dig through?

How deep?

The Chief's bank accounts and credit records.

What?!

We don't know how many dozens of protective walls that has!

Can you do it, or not?

If you tell me to, I will...

But I'll need time...

About how much?

Five hours.

You have one.

Don't be ridiculous!

Don't be ridiculous!

One hour and five minutes.

What are you saying?!

I'll help out.

Myers, give me some directions.

Whoa... sorry about this...

In any case, trying to do it with the computer power here is out of the question.

So go and swipe something with horsepower from somewhere.

Leave it to me.

I'll bring back the newest machine from Genom.

I'm counting on you!

I love you...

She's a fine woman.

If you have the time to move your mouth, then move your hands.

I AM moving them, alright?!

Buzz! What about us?

Move.

That was unexpected...

Excuse me?

Well,

I didn't think Buzz was the kind of man who'd take action on his own volition.

Oh.

Well, maybe part of it is the fact that the person in question is Chief Takahashi.

Huh? Are they friends?

Well, the two of them joined the force at the same time.

What?!

Tell me another one!

It's true.

I'm certain that they were in college together too.

Which means...

Buzz is older than I thought.

What a shock...

Or rather, it's Chief Takahashi who looks ancient, right?

They're both thirty-eight years old.

That makes sense.

They're both from the class of '24.

In that case,

I guess it would be natural for him to be worried.

Yes, it is.

Chief Takahashi is the one who set up Branch,

and it's said that Branch itself was a measure to save Buzz,

who was at that time going to be discharged for causing a problem.

A... problem?

Please ask that to the man himself.

You're right...

I don't know anything about Buzz at all...

It must be difficult to be a young girl in love.

Who are you saying is in love with whom?!

Oh...

Could it be that you were trying to hide that?

In that case, I'm sorry.

Goddamned boomer... rust and die...

I can hear everything you're saying.

I can hear everything you're saying.

Whoa...

I really broke through the protection on a national secret in an hour...

This is bad, I might be a genius...

You're a genius...

You're a genius...

Is it all right to increase my bank account?

No.

Angel,

how about a night with a genius?

No.

He lives farther away than I expected...

To pass the time,

shall we discuss your romance?

Listen, you.

If you keep talking about that, you're going to...

Kimball! Kimball!

Oh...

That was scary.

Are you all right?

Yes.

I wasn't directly hit.

The shockwave just grazed me.

More importantly...

It looks like a rowdy party is about to begin.

Is it just me, or are we totally being targeted?

It would seem that way.

And now the highway is full of holes.

They're just doing whatever they want, aren't they?

Well, it looks like there's no mistaking that they're aiming for us.

They backed off?

This is bad.

What?

Missiles.

Mis-

Our Father, who art...

Takahashi's whereabouts?

He vanished? What's the cause?

I don't know.

That's why I came to ask that.

Even if you say that...

I haven't even seen him since the class reunion five years ago.

I don't know...

You see him every day. Shouldn't you know better than me?

Sorry that I'm not able to help.

What about that?

I really shouldn't say out in the open, but...

We have a cracking specialist in our group.

A personal bank account is rather easy to look at.

Though it took a bit of work.

For these past fifteen years,

on the same day on the same months,

enormous sums of unexplained money have been deposited

into your and Takahashi's accounts, routed through over five different places overseas.

Is this a coincidence?

Let's change locales.

When I think about it, it's been a long time since I've seen you, Buzz.

Not since you transferred to the A.D. Police from us, which makes it...

six years since the last time?

As you can see, I've gone pretty bald.

Even though no hair will grow on my head,

these days hair grows from the holes in my ears.

It's tough, growing old...

Enough with the jokes.

You haven't changed...

your appearance and your personality,

just like you were back then.

Cool and quiet, but you continue to burn.

Do you know a politician by the name of Sorime?

He's a young, hard-line member of the Diet.

You hear his name a lot these days.

Well, politicians are probably all the same, and just like the rest,

he has a public face and a secret one.

And right in front of that secret face are Takahashi and myself.

You helped him hush something up?

Well, something like that.

When Takahashi invited me, believe it or not, I hesitated.

But the amount of money offered was huge.

I had racked up a debt with a bookie, so it was a chance I jumped at.

Takahashi invited you?

Yeah.

What's their relationship?

Sorime was in college.

Around then, Takahashi was with the Normal Police,

and he caught him with drugs.

Drugs?

If you could call them drugs. It was just gum.

It was something that all of the young folk were doing.

Sorime was just unlucky.

A politician with a record of drug use, huh?

He doesn't have a record.

Takahashi covered it up.

Well, that's how their relationship started.

Or so I hear...

An inseparable relationship, huh?

All I wanted was the money...

But Takahashi was different...

Rather, it felt like he adored Sorime's political ideals...

So right now, Takahashi is with Sorime?

That I don't know.

What do you mean?

I had a drink with Takahashi a week ago.

That's when I heard that Sorime had started dabbling in drugs again.

And this time, it wasn't anything cute like gum.

We're talking capsules.

Henry the Second?

You're correct.

The incredibly powerful one.

Takahashi wanted to wash his hands of the whole thing.

Maybe he couldn't stand to see the formerly charismatic Sorime

babbling before his very eyes.

Or maybe...

I don't want to say it,

but if he's vanished...

the only thing I can think of is trouble with Sorime.

He knows everything about Sorime.

Do you think he's still alive?

I don't know.

I'm sorry.

After this is all over, I'll forget everything.

I promise.

If it hadn't been you, I wouldn't have talked.

And...

It's been a long time since I remembered...

Remembered?

Hold on!

Genom City...

It's burning...

He... he really did it.

It can't be...

He was serious?

Kojima!

What are you hiding?

Spill everything!

Buzz...

Run!

From this town...

From this country!

Run away!

What...

What are you saying?

Never mind, just run!

Kojima!

The ringleader of that destruction...

of that despicable farce...

is you, Buzz Nikvest!

Kagome... Kagome

The bird in the cage

When, when will it come out

An incredible incident has occurred.

Please take a look.

This is not a movie.

This is the scene as it's happening, right now, in this country.

Before dawn today,

due to an unknown number of terrorist bombs,

every block of Genom City has fallen into ruin.

Due to this, ninety percent of the boomer production lines have stopped.

There is no doubt that this will be damaging on a worldwide scale.

This just in,

the Normal Police have announced they are searching the entire nation for the suspect,

Buzz Nikvest, who was serving with the A.D. Police.

Currently, Buzz Nikvest

is on the run after murdering two of his coworkers.

It seems unusual that an announcement is being made for a case of this scale.

We will be explaining that right now.

Why me?!

What do you think of that tragedy?

In this day and age,

how do you think such a large-scale terrorist bombing can occur?

It can't be...

Yes, it can.

The Domino Effect Explosion System.

Exactly.

By utilizing the electrical power that flows through the security lines in an emergency,

you induce explosions in P3 bombs.

Because they acquire the electricity to detonate them from emergency lights,

P3 bombs, which have no power and no signal, register as non-volatile matter.

The chances for the current hazardous material check systems to spot them is extremely low.

The first explosion is used as impetus.

Afterwards, the rest will use the red emergency lights as power,

and link together and explode.

This was from your thesis paper on the dangers of urban crime!

You submitted this during your college years!

Sorime read that!

Hello, everyone.

It's a beautiful, sunny day out there this morning.

If you're just joining in,

you're listening to

The King Porkchop Time.

I'm back after a few days off.

On my off days,

I like to spend some quiet time fishing.

I spent a lot of time out there yesterday at Freemont Lake.

I couldn't catch anything, though.

But I feel good,

and I hope you're feeling good,

so let's get on with our show...

Are you serious?

Does it sound like a joke to you?

But...

That linked explosion system report by Buzz Nikvest.

At a glance, it's a perfect plan.

And we have the power to put it into action.

I see no problems, do you?

And we can set him up as the culprit too.

We kill two birds with one stone.

He's my friend!

Why are you saying this now, of all times?

You're the one who brought this to me, right?

That is...

Buzz Nikvest. I've looked into him.

Seven years ago, his beloved wife was murdered by a berserk boomer.

Afterwards, he made a request,

and was transferred to the boomer crime specialists, the A.D. Police.

But five years ago, he mistook a little girl for a boomer,

and shot her to death.

He was on the verge of being discharged,

but quiet measures were taken, and he now belongs to Branch.

Isn't he the perfect man to be our suspect?

That wasn't Buzz's fault!

It's too late!

There are already over five hundred P3 bombs set in various places in Genom City.

All that remains is for the folks at Branch to become sacrifices,

and for you to make plans so that no one picks up any of the evidence.

The destruction of Genom City.

A world without boomers...

Yes...

Let's name this project "Excalibur".

Takahashi...

We are the start of the new Knights of the Round Table...

Are you a morning person?

Where... did you get this?

This is the safe key that Kojima was entrusted with

just before Takahashi disappeared.

When I opened it, this data was inside.

For him, this might have been insurance.

It looks like there were instructions to open this,

in case anything happened to him.

This will be broadcast on today's afternoon news throughout the country-

no, throughout the world.

You're finished.

What is it you want?

Money? Freedom?

I can arrange it, if you want.

Don't be so conceited.

Buzz,

aren't you underestimating my power?

It's an easy thing to put pressure on the broadcast network.

That'll be impossible.

You're going to die here.

You say such amusing things!

I've researched you, down to the details.

That's why I know.

That since the incident where you shot the little girl to death,

you can't even draw a gun.

At least I'll take pity on you.

I'll kill you with the same gun that killed Takahashi.

Let me ask you one thing.

Why are you so hostile towards boomers?

Huh?

Are you stupid?

They're just machines.

I don't think anything of them!

But when I sing that though,

there is a mountain of old men and brats

who will give up their money and their lives for me!

What I want is power! Fool!

You can die too...

This is MY world.

Stop!

"Interfering with a public servant in the performance of duty."

Kimball, he...

He protected me with his body.

With his steel body.

Remember this before you go to hell...

Boomers were born to protect people.

Michaelson...

Lend me your gun.

What?

Buzz...

Takahashi...

Myers...

Angel...

and Kimball...

We need a song to send them off to heaven, right?